The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board. Paper No. 23 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte ERIC C. REYNOLDS __________ Appeal No. 1997-2364 1 Application 08/137,086 __________ ON BRIEF __________ Before WILLIAM F. SMITH, SPIEGEL and SCHEINER, Administrative Patent Judges. SCHEINER, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the final rejection of claims 1 through 18, all the claims pending in the application. Claims 1, 2, 7, 10, 12 and 17 are representative of the claims on appeal and read as follows: 1Application for patent filed March 4, 1994. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007